Jovan Buha reacts to the Los Angeles Lakers' trade for Mark Williams being rescinded due to Williams failing his physical with the team. He also reacts to the Lakers' 124-117 win over the Indiana Pacers on February 8, 2025.

Jovan analyzes the impact of not adding Williams, the underwhelming center buyout and free-agent market, the awkwardness of bringing back Dalton Knecht, the Lakers winning 11 of 13 games, Austin Reaves' career-high 45 points with LeBron James and Luka Doncic out, Jordan Goodwin's Lakers debut, and more.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro

3:29 Analyzing the impact of the nixed Williams trade

10:29 Why I think this lowers LA's ceiling this season

13:46 The fallout of all of this for Dalton Knecht

15:31 The center buyout/free-agent market is underwhelming

19:21 Overaching takeaway from Lakers-Pacers: Another impressive win as LA ascends to No. 4 in the West

20:52 Stat of the night: 45-7-7 from Austin Reaves

21:19 Takeaway No. 1: Reaves continues to show his importance

23:16 Takeaway No. 2: Jordan Goodwin impresses in debut

26:30 Q&A

2:01:02 Outro

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